Well's natural philosophy : for the use of schools, academies and privte students, introducing the latest results of scientific discovery and research ; arranged with special reference to the practical application of physical science to the arts and the experiences of everyday life ; with three hundred and seventy-five engravings (1873)
Wells, David A · New York : Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co. · leaf 88
ting withgreater intensity upon those parts furthest removed from the axis) and to be-come flattened at the ends. .„^ . . 171. The earth itself is an example of the operation of this what 18 the „ ^ ,. , ■ , ^ ^ ^ • -, cause of the force. Its diameter at the equator is about twenty-six miJes of «f… … semi-fluid, or plastic state. In Fig. 57 wehave a representation of the general figure ofthe earth, in which N S is the jxjlar diameter,6nd also the axis of rotation, and E W theequatorial diameter. 172. At the equator theamount of Ccif- Centrifugal Force of a part icletripptal Force ^f matter is…
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